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Janice Weitz ’48 waits on a student in the College Store in Hegeman, ca. 1947.
The well-stocked shelves met the needs of most college students, whether they needed a Bard t-shirt, a hand-painted waste basket, or a pipe.
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Werner Wolff, seated at end of table, socializes with unidentified students, ca. 1943.
Professor Wolff taught psychology at Bard from 1943 until his death in 1957.
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Students gather to enjoy some live music, ca. late 1940s.
Identified are Susan Wender ’48 at piano; James Pines ’46; Charles Friou ’46, third from left; and Emil Oberholzer ’48, standing beside Pines.
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The campus post office in Hegeman, ca. 1940s.
Students collecting their mail from the campus post office, located in Hegeman.
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The Bard basketball team, 1933–1934.
The December 7, 1933 issue of "The Lyre Tree" reported the start of the upcoming basketball season this way: "The St. Stephen's basket-ball team makes its first start of the current season this Friady night when the Drew University five comes to Annandale. The team faces a good deal of stiff opposition in its schedule. Coach Leeke has drawn together a formidable quintwet. They are going to work hard for us. Let us show our interest and lend our aid by every on being on hand when the team lines up." In addition to Drew, the schedule included home and away games with Hartwick College, Seth Low, St. Michaels College, Upsala College; the Coast Guard Academy, Alumni, Trinity, R.P.I., the 27th Div. Aviation Squad, Albany State College, the General Seminary, and Wagner College.
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Student at the piano, ca. 1930s.
The student pictured is possibly John Steinway ’39, of the Steinway piano family. Classmates have recollected with delight that Steinway had a baby grand piano in his dorm room during his years at the College.
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A St. Stephen’s player at bat, ca. 1928.
Baseball was popular at St. Stephen’s through the 1920s. In the fall of 1929, the Athletics Department of St. Stephen's announced that baseball would replace Lacrosse as the official spring sport. It was felt that to be competitive, St. Stephen's should promote sports that didn't require a steep learning curve; baseball was well known to most St. Stephen's freshmen.
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The Old Gym, ca. 1925.
The Memorial Gymnasium is converted into a festive ballroom for the occasion of this “Class Hop.”